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What the global banking turmoil means for Nigeria’s financial sector

By Adebayo Ahmed First, a bit of context. The COVID-19 pandemic and its effects are still rippling across the world. On the one hand there were severe disruptions to supply chains, and on the other hand there was a lot of effort by governments around the world to support their economies and to minimize the effects of …

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Leveraging Trade and Investment for Nigeria’s Economic Development

By Mohammed Shuaibu Globally, international trade and investment flows are regarded as strong enablers of sustained inclusive growth and development. Countries with more liberal trade and investment policies tend to grow faster, innovate more, produce more, have higher incomes, and create more opportunities. Although globalisation has ushered in an era of economic prosperity around the …

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Economic Pressures and Insecurity as Mutually Reinforcing

By Ifetayo Idowu The emergence of one or more forms of insecurity in nearly every region of Nigeria has pushed those regions to the frontlines of conflicts. Terrorism, herder-farmer conflicts, and ethnoreligious conflicts are all present in the North-Central and North-West regions of the country. In the North-East, Boko Haram and its affiliates are a …

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Seven Takeaways from Agora Policy’s Report on Insecurity

By Douglas Okonko The second issue of The Agora Policy Report, titled Understanding and Tackling Insecurity in Nigeria, was released on Monday, 7th November 2022. The report dissects the types, manifestations and drivers of insecurity in the country and offers far-reaching and sequenced recommendations for combating what it describes as ‘generalised in security.’ The report …

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